Chapter 215 Household System

Eating empty salaries, stealing and selling military equipment,

Smuggling caravans, and having close contacts with Jiannu in private.

Each of these crimes is a crime of extermination of the family!

It can be said.

Now that Lao Nu has become powerful, he cannot do without the help of this group of Liaodong border generals.

Especially the empty salaries.

According to the military strategy, the Liaodong border army originally had 232,300 people.

But the actual number of vacancies is less than 160,000!

Even among these 160,000, most are old, weak, sick and disabled.

The only soldiers who can be considered as combatants are the more than 40,000 soldiers that Lin Chen took over from Zu Dashou and others.

In a sense, this is a replica of the family soldier system in the late Ming Dynasty.

No wonder the Liaodong border defense collapsed thousands of miles after Lao Nu started the rebellion.

How could the Liaodong border army, which had been hollowed out, be a match for the wolf-like Jurchens?

Seeing this, Lin Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.

When these evidences are delivered to Li Zhao, the entire Liaodong frontier generals will have to be replaced.

Among them, Zu Dashou was the one who surprised Lin Chen.

According to the military strategy, 90% of his soldiers were the actual number, and the missing thousands of people could be considered an accident.

After all, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and it is common for soldiers to freeze to death or get frostbitten.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen's face showed a thoughtful look.

Liaodong is a pool of muddy water.

Even if he wants to find out, it will never be done in a short time.

The only way is to let them have problems internally.

Thinking of something, Lin Chen made a decision in his heart.

He immediately ordered Yang Qilang, who was guarding outside the door, to bring Zu Dashou in for interrogation.

Soon, the person came.

I haven't seen him for a few days.

Zu Dashou looked a little depressed, but his clothes were still neat.

Lin Chen didn't have too much trouble in imprisoning these insects.

Zu Dashou didn't know why Lin Chen wanted to see him. When he noticed the military strategy in Lin Chen's hand, he understood.

Suddenly.

Zu Dashou felt a little palpitation in his heart.

He was well aware of all the secret business in Liaodong!

He was also involved in it.

As a smart man, Zu Dashou immediately thought of a way to save himself!

It was nothing more than what he had used before, exchanging others for his own survival.

Thinking that Lin Chen only summoned him, Zu Dashou also understood the reason.

It has to be said.

Zu Dashou is a capable person.

Originally, in history, this man was besieged by the Jiannu in Jinzhou, and his retreat was cut off. He also held on for a long time.

After confirming that the Ming Dynasty gave up Jinzhou, he surrendered under the persuasion of the Qing Dynasty.

It can only be said that this person is good at changing his rudder according to the situation.

Now the general trend is on Lin Chen's side, and Zu Dashou also knows how to stand on the side.

"I'm here to see you, General Lin!"

Zu Dashou knelt on the ground with a face full of grief, looking like he deserved to die.

Lin Chen laughed in his heart when he saw this, but his face was expressionless.

Zu Dashou carefully looked up at Lin Chen's face, and was slightly shocked. He knew that if he didn't show some actual performance, he might not have the chance to speak again.

After all, Lin Chen could choose a partner, and he didn't need him.

Zu Dashou gritted his teeth when he thought of this.

"General Lin, do you know that there are several smuggling routes in Liaodong?"

"Oh?"

Lin Chen just got interested, but he sneered: "The trade route you are talking about is the Shanxi merchants, right?"

Zu Dashou's face turned pale when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Lin Chen actually knew such a secret?

Could it be that the court had been eyeing it for a long time?

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou didn't dare to hide it anymore, and told everything he knew.

Not just the Shanxi merchants.

Even many court officials and nobles in the capital were involved in the smuggling case.

However, compared with the Shanxi merchants, this group is smaller in scale.

Lin Chen heard this and did not comment.

He only needed to hand it over to Li Zhao.

"How much do you know about the theft and sale of military equipment?"

"This..."

Zu Dashou hesitated.

He knew it of course.

But he did not get any guarantee from Lin Chen, so he did not dare to say anything more.

Old fox.

Seeing this, Lin Chen cursed in his heart.

"If you testify, I can guarantee your life, and your official position..."

Lin Chen said nothing, just smiled.

Zu Dashou was overjoyed when he heard this.

I thought saving my life this time was the best result, but I didn't expect that even the official position could be negotiated!

"General Lin, I know the guilt!"

So.

Zu Dashou surrendered.

Soon.

What made the situation in Liaodong turbulent again.

It was Lin Chen's drastic sorting out of the entire Liaodong.

Among the Liaodong border generals, there are quite a few who do not go along with the corrupt.

But they account for too few of them.

In the end, among the hundreds of generals captured by Lin Chen, only more than ten escaped unscathed!

Among them is Wu Sangui.

He has just arrived in Liaodong for less than two years and has not been involved in many of these things.

Naturally, he is no longer among those captured by Lin Chen.

When Wu Sangui came out, he felt as if he had been in another world.

Looking at his uncle's warm smile, Wu Sangui didn't know what to say.

"Uncle."

"I'm glad you're okay!"

Zu Dashou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his nephew come out safely.

"General Lin is reforming the Liaodong border army recently. Let's go back to the mansion and wait."

Zu Dashou comforted.

Wu Sangui nodded with a complicated expression.

The young man who originally wanted to make merit on the battlefield has been hit by what he has seen.

With Zu Dashou's help.

Lin Chen's thorough investigation of the Liaodong border generals went smoothly.

A large number of dereliction of duty border generals were imprisoned, and their families and property were sent back to the capital, waiting for Li Zhao's decision.

What made Lin Chen even more shocked was the property of these people.

In addition to gold, silver and jewelry.

More of them were the fields purchased by these border generals in Liaodong!

It is no exaggeration to say.

All the fields in Liaodong are the private property of these border generals!

"Is this in line with history?"

Thinking of something, Lin Chen sighed and began to report to Li Zhao.

If he wanted to restore the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong border army and further pacify the Later Jin, Lin Chen thought of the military household system.

Yes.

It was the military household system created by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Don't look at the collapse of the military household system in the late Ming Dynasty.

But in other words.

At the end of any dynasty, no system works.

At least in the early Ming Dynasty, the military household system gave the Ming army extremely strong combat effectiveness.

Or in any ancient dynasty, as long as soldiers were allowed to farm, they could support their families.

The combat effectiveness of such good family members was extremely terrifying.

The Han and Tang dynasties both demonstrated it with their own examples.

With the leadership of capable ministers and generals, it would not be a big problem to deal with the Later Jin.

Moreover, Lin Chen had a large amount of Liaodong land that had been confiscated.

These things were not like gold and silver, which could be disposed of at will.

In this case, it would be better to use them as military land and reward them to the border soldiers who were willing to come to Liaodong to guard the border.

Of course.

Perhaps a hundred years later, these military lands would definitely be annexed.

Then the people at that time would have to adjust the policy.

At least for now, Lin Chen had only this way to quickly restore the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong border army.

Just when he sent out the memorial and waited for Li Zhao's reply.

His subordinates reported that Goryeo had sent an envoy to visit Lin Chen.

When Lin Chen heard this, he showed a look of surprise on his face.

"Goryeo envoy?"

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